Special Education at The University of Texas at San Antonio

If you plan to study special education, take a look at what The University of Texas at San Antonio has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UTSA is located in San Antonio, Texas and has a total student population of 34,742. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 students received a bachelor's degree in special ed from UTSA.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Special Education section at the bottom of this page.

UTSA Special Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Special Ed
• Master’s Degree in Special Ed

UTSA Special Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks special ed programs across the country. The following shows how UTSA performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The special ed major at UTSA is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Special Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools	145
Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools	161
Best Value Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	181
Most Popular Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	185
	197
	199
Best Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	302
	309
Best Value Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	430
Most Focused Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	432
Most Focused Special Education Schools	595

In 2021, 25 students received their master’s degree in special ed from UTSA. This makes it the #186 most popular school for special ed master’s degree candidates in the country.

Special Ed Student Demographics at UTSA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the special ed majors at The University of Texas at San Antonio.

UTSA Special Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 special ed majors earned their bachelor's degree from UTSA. Of these graduates, 15% were men and 85% were women. The typical special ed bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at UTSA since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 47% more racial-ethnic minorities in its special ed bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas at San Antonio with a bachelor's in special ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UTSA Special Education Master’s Program

Of the 25 students who earned a master's degree in Special Education from UTSA in 2020-2021, 16% were men and 84% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in special ed each year. UTSA does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

In the special ed master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 72% of degree recipients. That is 44% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas at San Antonio with a master's in special ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UTSA also has a doctoral program available in special ed. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Special Education

If you plan to be a special ed major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from The University of Texas at San Antonio. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Special Education	48

Related Majors

• Teacher Education Subject Specific
• Curriculum & Instruction
• Student Counseling
• Teaching English or French
• Multilingual Education

Careers That Special Ed Grads May Go Into

A degree in special ed can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for The University of Texas at San Antonio.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	13,470	$57,770
Special Education Professors	12,970	$58,570
Middle School Special Education Teachers	7,620	$56,960
Interpreters and Translators	5,460	$58,650
Special Education Teachers	1,460	$53,840

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By BrianReading under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.